The group pet is three and a half years old, and the koi milk bag is cute and sweet

After the traps on the mountain were removed by the village chief and the others, Xiaorourou and Ah Li could go to the mountain to gather medicine and catch prey every day.

On this day, more than a dozen yamen servants came to the village, driving a carriage without carriages.

The village head has long received news that the Yamen is coming to collect land taxes.

He also notified from door to door early in the morning.

As soon as the yamen servants came, the villagers brought food to the open space at the entrance of the village.

There are a lot of them packed.

There were two types of population tax and field tax in the Great Moon Dynasty. The population tax had already been collected in March and April.

Now the land tax collected is 100/[-] every year, and more than [-] catties of grain per mu are required to be handed over. They are located in mountainous areas, and each household has not much land.

This year, we finally had some harvests, and we have to give out a lot of the freshly harvested grain before it is warmed up.

I want to cry

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Ah Li and the children in the village stood beside the adults and watched.

The leading yamen servant supported the saber at his waist, and said sharply, "Last year the flood didn't force you to pay the land tax. This year, the magistrate ordered you to pay it back, so you have to pay more."

As soon as these words came out, the villagers exploded in an instant.

"Why do we have to pay back? Last year, we didn't receive a single grain. If it wasn't for the surplus grain in every household, everyone would have to eat tree bark to survive."

"That's right! There's not a lot of food this year, so if we have to pay two, it's going to kill us!"

The village head didn't expect to pay the grain tax.

He hurried up to salute the yamen servant and said, "Big brother, we didn't have any harvest last year. We managed to grow some food this year. If we pay more, we might not be able to survive the winter again this year!"

The yamen servant had an impatient expression on his face, "It's not up to me, if you have anything to say, please tell the county magistrate!"

Everyone said that when he went to every village to collect grain, he had no choice but to decide this matter, so he became more and more impatient.

"Brother Cha, can I use silver money instead?"

The village chief knew that there was no room for maneuver in this matter. The county magistrate did not notify in advance, so it was probably his idea that came up on the spur of the moment.

"Okay, it's better to use silver money instead, so we don't have to move."

The village chief sighed and gathered everyone aside, and said softly to them: "We can't fight against the yamen, everyone, go back and get ready! Don't make them wait."

Lin Changlu also sighed in a low voice and asked Lin Darong to go home to get the money, and it would be safer to keep the food.

Wait for the yamen servant to collect the land tax and leave.

The villagers gathered under the big tree at the entrance of the village and watched helplessly as the food was taken away. The man's face was full of desolation, and the woman gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve.

"Hey! Let's all go home, the situation should be better next year."

After saying this, the village chief put his hands behind his back and was ready to go home.

When he turned around, he saw A Li, and he quickly waved to her, "A Li girl, go, go to my house for lunch with your father."

Ah Li shook his head, "Thank you, Uncle Village, I won't go."

"why?"

"I heard it just now. Every family doesn't have much food. If I go to eat, you will have less. I still don't go!"

"You girl is really rare. No wonder your parents love you like an eyeball. Don't worry! We still have food in our house, and we are not afraid of you eating it. Your aunt has asked you to eat at home several times, and you will not be taken away again." Take it, your aunt will be angry with me."

The village chief looked at Lin Changlu.

Only then did Lin Changlu say to Ah Li: "Then let's go together! We can't refute the wishes of your village uncle."

Ah Li nodded, "Alright then!"

Mrs. Qin happened to be on the side, "Hey, you are indeed the village head. Many villagers have nothing to eat after paying the food. You still have food to invite people to eat!"

"Changgui's family, if you don't have food, I can treat you to dinner, but your family's eldest treasure can read well in Fucheng, so there shouldn't be no food!"

The Qin family has always hated the village chief for helping Lin Changlu's family with everything, and was extremely upset, but she didn't want to lose face in front of the villagers.

"That's right, my family is not short of this kind of food."

The village head immediately shouted to everyone: "Those who have no food can ask Qin to borrow it, their family is not short of food."

After speaking, he called Lin Changlu and Ah Li to leave.

Qin was left in a state of embarrassment to deal with the villagers who asked her to borrow food.

Village head home.

The village head's daughter-in-law, Gao Shi, was very affectionate when she saw Ah Li.

"Li Li! You finally came to our house. I told your village uncle several times to pick you up to play at home, but he didn't make time for it."

"Auntie, I've been going to the mountains to collect herbs every day during this time, and the village elder probably won't find me if I look for it."

"Well, you've worked so hard, don't be too tired, or else I'm afraid that my family, Cheng Tao, will accompany you to collect herbs! He often goes to the mountains, so he should be able to help you."

The son of the second son of Lin Chengtao's village head, according to his seniority, he also called Ah Li "little aunt".

"Thank you, Auntie. My master said that everything can be gained by doing everything by yourself."

"You're an interesting kid."

Gao asked her daughter-in-law to bring fruits and pastries for Ah Li to eat first.

Then she went to kill chickens and ducks.

The eldest son of the village head's family is in the cloth business in the town, and the family is considered rich, with no shortage of food and clothing.

The reception of Ah Li's father and daughter is also very generous.

Ah Li went to look at Lin Mingda's leg while he was bored. His wound had healed a lot. Fortunately, Ah Li took care of it so that there was no infection, so he recovered so quickly.

It's just that scarring after healing is unavoidable.

By the way, Ah Li helped him bandage up again.

Waiting for her to bandage Lin Mingda's wound, she was walking into the yard.

Lin Chengtao came out from the wing room, and stopped her with an unnatural expression, "Aunt Li, thank you for saving my father, if you need help with anything in the future, you can come to me."

After speaking, he ran away.

Ah Li was a bit out of sorts. Lin Chengtao used to be close to Lin Erbao, and he was known as a bully in the village.

He and Lin Erbao stopped her and Si Lang before.

Now I actually say that I need to find him.

But she wanted to say that she didn't need it.

No one in this village dared to bully her anymore.

At the dinner table, Gao Shi sat next to Ah Li and kept picking up vegetables for her. The bowl was full of chicken legs and duck legs.

There are so many delicious carp and I didn't hesitate.

Holding the chicken leg, he gnawed on it.

After eating, Ah Li and the others were about to go home, Gao took out another piece of cloth and asked the village head to put it in Lin Changlu's arms.

"Changlu, this is the unsold fabric in my bright store, and we can't run out of it at home. You can use it to make two clothes for Ah Li."

"Village chief, you are too polite, you won't charge anything after you have eaten."

"Hold it, hold it, this is for Ah Li."

The village head and his daughter-in-law Gao hurriedly persuaded Lin Changlu to accept it.

The kindness was hard to turn down, so Lin Changlu accepted it.